Monday, June 14, 2010

I guess I should have known this, but before I started blogging I didn't realize that the American Robin (Turdus migratorius) is a totally different bird from the European Robin (Erithacus rubecula). After reading about different types of robins, one article I found suggested that the American Robin was named robin by colonial settlers because its breast color resembled the smaller European Robin. The shots in this post are of an American Robin that posed for me this Sunday. Here's alink to information about the European Robinwhich is much smaller and quite different from the American Robin. For more information about the American Robin you can go to this link. While I'm at it, as those of you in Australia know but I'm just finding out, there is a Australasian Robin of the family Petroicidae. You can read about the Australasian Robin at this link. Were it not for blogging I probably never would have known that different types of birds have the common name robin depending on where you are. I often find that blogging sets me off on research into areas I hadn't previously thought about.To visit other parts of the world, please go to the home of That's My World Tuesday.

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Okay, now I'm gonna have scenes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail playing in my mental movie theater all day. "Brave, Brave Sir Robin" and "Is that an African Swallow or a European Swallow?" to be precise...

The American Robin was the first bird in the US I learned to identify, after seeing tons of them - I called them photo birds because they were so tame and posed all the time. That they have in common with European Robins - when you're digging in your garden, it's perfectly normal to have a robin sitting less than a yard away, waiting for worms to be dug up (or thrown by friendly gardeners).

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